Sketchy, cartoonlike illustrations give the book the same feel as a series of motivational doodles. Suggesting that people need to pick themselves up, when they are feeling insecure about themselves already, only comes across as additional criticism, so give them a fictional friend and let them work the rest out for themselves. If you know somebody with self-confidence issues, or someone who has been affected too much by one comment, pass them a copy of this book. I love that the book has been produced in small format because it would make a lovely gift for people to carry around when they need that reminder that they don’t stand out in a crowd. Rumple’s story is like the little message which lots of people need. The saddest part is that those things we dislike about ourselves are rarely that noticeable. Insecurity begins from the silliest of places but it can destroy people’s ability to function as normal. A few comments made me certain that the whole world was looking. It is the book I needed as a young teenager, even as a pre-teen when I stood out a little for my wild hair and braces and persistent acne. When a couple of boys come to find him on the day of a parade, Rumple learns that most people are insecure about some parts of themselves.Ī gentle and funny story about insecurity and self-confidence. Not wanting to be lonely, he makes a friend out of sweets and watches the world on special occasions. Ashamed of his crooked teeth and weird feet and green skin, he hides away underground. Rumple Buttercup is afraid to take part in the world because he doesn’t look like other people. To see that the “normal” people above ground are really just as weird as he is,Īllowing him to finally accept that his strangeness is not a curse, after all,īut the very thing that makes him a unique part of a larger community.Review: Rumple Buttercup by Matthew Gray Gubler
Despite his fears of fitting in, Rumple begins Portrait of acceptance in the face of assimilation. The story, while exploring theĬomplex issues of self-image, isolation, and depression, still clearly paints a Year-he’ll soon find out that being weird may not be as lonely of an existenceĬlassic, children’s trope of the ugly duckling, Gubler, instead, celebrates ourĭiversity through the character of Rumple, a lonely soul afraid to enter the Pajama Jam Cotton Candy Pancake Parade approaches-his favorite day of the The normal people above go about their normal lives. Garbage pieces glued to the wall of his home inside a sewer grate, Rumple canĭo little more than camouflage himself under a banana peel and secretly watch With his only friend Carl, a collection of Twitter: Rumple wasn’t building stuff out of garbage or talking to Carl he would listen to the voices above ground and pretend they were talking to him”Įveryone else, not with his five crooked teeth, three strands of hair, green He also loves to voice cartoon characters, look for ghosts, and wear soft pajamas.įor more information, you can find him in a bathtub or at: Spencer Reid in the CBS television show Criminal Minds-is a storyteller from Las Vegas, Nevada, who directs, paints, writes, acts, and knows magic. About the Author: Matthew Gray Gubler-best known for his role as criminal profiler Dr.
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